This is who I am!

Song of Solomon 4:7
You are beautiful in every way, my true love. There is no blemish on you.

Song of Solomon 7:10
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

Have you ever had one of those days when you just don’t feel good enough? Maybe it’s because you didn’t do what mom and dad asked, or maybe it’s because you didn’t achieve a personal goal. Perhaps your boss at work has made you feel inadequate. What if you committed a sin and now God is mad or disappointed with you?

All too often in today’s world, we let the trials and stresses of this life bring us down. We get caught up in the world view of ourselves, in our own view of ourselves, so that we forget who we are in Christ. We allow the devil to bring us out from under our umbrella of grace and lead us back behind the veil of the law. He deceives us into thinking that we need to be self-reflective in order to fix our problems or implied problems. He accuses us of our sins and shortcomings (Revelation 12:10) and attempts to manipulate our thoughts.

It is Satan who whispers in our ears, “You’re not good enough. See what you did today? God is going to be angry with you for that!” It is that lying snake in the grass who gives you thoughts like “I’m not smart enough. I’ll never be good enough. My parents won’t be proud of me.” When these thoughts arise, we need to do the exact opposite of what society would say: rather than becoming introspective and analyzing what we think of ourselves we need to become extrospective. Instead of looking at ourselves to see what we should fix, we need to look out at the cross and realize what has already been fixed.

When the devil comes to tempt us away from the foot of Mt. Calvary, the cross of Christ, and bring us back to the foot of Mt. Sinai (where the Law was given, the ministry of death! (2 Corinthians 3:7) we must counter his attack with the Word of God. When you feel like you’re worthless and not good enough, remember how Jesus Christ sees you, His bride: “beautiful in every way...there is no blemish on you.” When inadequacy rears its ugly head remember you are Christ’s “true love”.

Throw that in the face of the enemy and watch him cower and hide. There is no way for Satan or his minions to retaliate against the healing power of the Word of God and the restoration to perfection by the blood of Christ. So just remember, “Jesus sees me, His true love, as beautiful in every way. There is no blemish on me! I am my Beloved’s. Jesus’ desire is toward me. I am blessed, loved, and highly favored.”